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AMATOL
Definition of AMATOL
noun
A high explosive consisting of a mixture of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of ammonia + toluol.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AMATOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMATOL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALMOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AMATOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AMATOL?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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